West Wing Elimination Game

rab01 · November 10, 2017

12 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

I'm not even certain yet which story line I'll be voting for as my winner; I certainly don't presume to know what other forum members are thinking of voting for and I don't think you should either.

You're right and I didn't really mean it the way it came out. I especially shouldn't have tried for the same joke twice.

PeterPirate · November 11, 2017

Shutdown

Zoey

Censure

November 12, 2017

Budget crisis and Congressional censure are gone. The shooting stuff has been combined.

Vote against 1 with a tiebreaker as well.

1) Jed's MS (ongoing throughout the seasons)

2) Zoey's kidnapping (Season 4, 5)

7) Bartlet's Re-election campaign (Season 3)

10) Rosslyn shooting and Aftermath (Season 1,2)

17) Leo's Addictions and the investigation of those addictions (Seasons 1,3)

November 12, 2017

Leo’s addiction

Re-election campaign

Bastet · November 12, 2017

Jed's MS - because the specific MS-related stories I like were mostly enumerated separately, so if this is just him having MS, it's about time for it to go off my list

Tie-breaker: Zoey's kidnapping (started out great, and then - not)

ProudMary · November 12, 2017

Zoey's kidnapping

Tie breaker: Jed's MS

November 13, 2017

Jed's MS is gone!

Vote against 1 and then rank the remaining options, best to worst, to be used in case of tie!

2) Zoey's kidnapping (Season 4, 5)

7) Bartlet's Re-election campaign (Season 3)

10) Rosslyn shooting and Aftermath (Season 1,2)

17) Leo's Addictions and the investigation of those addictions (Seasons 1,3)

November 13, 2017

Leo's Addiction

1) Rosslyn Shooting and Aftermath

2) Zoey's Kidnapping

3) Reelection campaign

rab01 · November 13, 2017

Leo's Addiction

If best means you want to keep them:

1) Shooting and aftermath

2) Reelection Campaign

3) Zoey's kidnapping

Bastet · November 13, 2017

Eliminate: Zoey's kidnapping

Best of the rest, in order:

Rosslyn shooting and aftermath

Bartlet's re-election campaign

Leo's addiction and the investigation

PeterPirate · November 13, 2017

Against: Zoey's Kidnapping

The rest:
1. Rosslyn
2. Leo
3. Re-Election

ProudMary · November 13, 2017

Voting against: Zoey's kidnapping

Best to worst:
1. Rosslyn shooting and aftermath
2. Bartlet's re-election campaign
3. Leo's addictions

November 14, 2017

Zoey's Kidnapping is gone.

Again, vote against one and rank the remaining two please!

7) Bartlet's Re-election campaign (Season 3)

10) Rosslyn shooting and Aftermath (Season 1,2)

17) Leo's Addictions and the investigation of those addictions (Seasons 1,3)

November 14, 2017

Leo's Addictions.

1) Rosslyn

2) Re-election

Bastet · November 14, 2017

Eliminate: Leo's addiction and the investigation

Ranking the rest:

1. Shooting and aftermath

2. Re-election campaign

ProudMary · November 14, 2017

Voting against:

Leo's addictions

Best to worst:

1. Bartlet's re-election campaign

2. Rosslyn shooting and aftermath.

I've actually flip-flopped my #1 & #2 since the last round. Yes, ITSOTG is magnificent but in truth, I was never that crazy about Josh's PTSD story line (although, it gave us Yo Yo Ma!) The re-election campaign is just SO much meatier overall IMO.

Edited November 14, 2017 by ProudMary

rab01 · November 14, 2017

Leo's addictions.

Best to worst:

Shooting and aftermath

Reelection

November 15, 2017

And our finalists are:

7) Bartlet's Re-election campaign (Season 3)

10) Rosslyn shooting and Aftermath (Season 1,2)

Vote for one TO WIN.

November 15, 2017

Rosslyn shooting and the aftermath for the win, but I like them both!

Bastet · November 15, 2017

Shooting and its aftermath

ProudMary · November 15, 2017

I'm voting for the re-election campaign for the win.

But I couldn't argue with either of these story lines as being the best.

November 16, 2017

And the Rosslyn shooting won!

Any ideas for the next game?

ProudMary · November 17, 2017

Most memorable scenes? For example:

Jed gives Charlie the Paul Revere knife.

Jed rails at God in Latin at the National Cathedral.

Of course, that could end up being the game with the highest number of nominees ever!

November 17, 2017

35 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

Most memorable scenes? For example:

Jed gives Charlie the Paul Revere knife.

Jed rails at God in Latin at the National Cathedral.

Of course, that could end up being the game with the highest number of nominees ever!

I was thinking maybe something like this. Per season or whole series?

PeterPirate · November 18, 2017

One game per season, I think. It will take forever just to compile a list for the whole series.

ProudMary · November 18, 2017

One per season would be great and probably even necessary for S1-S4 but personally, I'd be hard pressed to find more than a handful in total for S5-S7.

Bastet · November 18, 2017

I can't wait to start voting against the Paul Revere knife.

November 18, 2017

Let’s start listing most memorable scenes from Season 1 and I’ll wait til Monday to start the game.

Bastet · November 18, 2017

Holy cow, there are so many. A start:

"We've got people down. Who's been hit?" and fade to black in What Kind of Day Has it Been

Jed Bartlet's "I am the Lord your God" entrance in the pilot

Leo telling Jed he'll raise up an army against him in A Proportional Response

Toby's embarrassed "I'm a very important person" in In Excelsis Deo

Mrs. Landingham telling Charlie about her sons in In Excelsis Deo

"I had woot canal" in Celestial Navigation

Josh's press conference from hell in Celestial Navigation

The staff telling Bartlet about their misadventures in Celestial Navigation

(Can I just nominate every scene in Celestial Navigation?)

Jed talking to the kid on the doomed ship in The State Dinner

Jed stoned on pain killers in Five Votes Down

Toby apologizes to C.J. in Lord John Marbury

C.J. is vindicated when the polling numbers come in in Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Hung over Josh meets Joey Lucas ("What in God's name is happening right now?") in Take This Sabbath Day

Jed and Abbey's "Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong" argument in The White House Pro-Am

C.J. does The Jackal in Six Meetings Before Lunch

Edited November 18, 2017 by Bastet

PeterPirate · November 18, 2017

Bartlet's opening scene (Pilot)

Mrs Landingham tells Charlie about her sons (In Excelcis Deo)

Toby and Mrs Landingham attend the funeral (In Excelcis Deo)

Joey Lucas meets Josh (Take This Sabbath Day)

Father Cavanaugh's tells the story of the man in a flood (Take This Sabbath Day)

CJ does The Jackal (Six Meetings Before Lunch)

Toby learning his brother is alive (What Kind Of Day Has It Been)

November 20, 2017

For our Season 1 "Best Scene" game:

Begin by voting against 3!

1) Jed Bartlet's Entrance in the Pilot with his "I am the Lord your God" speech

2) Jed demands options for a "disproportional response" - A Proportional Response

3) Leo tells Jed he'll lead an army against him if he wants to conquer the world - A Proportional Response

4) Jed talks to the Senior Staff while on heavy doses of painkillers - 5 Votes Down

5) Zoey's cornered in a bar, and Sam presses her panic button - Mr. Willis from Ohio

6) Jed relates his fears about Zoey to her, scaring her - Mr. Willis from Ohio

7) CJ had a "woot canal" and Josh gets her to keep saying it. - Celestial Navigation

8) Josh holds a press briefing. It does not go well. - Celestial Navigation

9) The staff has to fill Jed in on what happened with Mendoza and Josh's press briefing. - Celestial Navigation

10) Leo gives his "big block of cheese" speech - The Crackpots and These Women

11) Josh tells CJ about "the card" - The Crackpots and These Women

12) We meet Abby Bartlet - The State Dinner

13) Jed stays on the phone with the doomed sailor - The State Dinner

14) Bartlet embarrasses Hoynes in a Cabinet Meeting - Enemies

15) Toby says "I'm a very important person" but seems embarrassed - In Excelsis Deo

16) Mrs. Landingham tells Charlie about her sons - In Excelsis Deo

17) C.J. does The Jackal - Six Meetings Before Lunch

18) Toby and Mrs. Landingham attend the funeral of the veteran in Toby's coat - In Excelsis Deo

19) Toby hopes every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork - In Excelsis Deo

20) Toby Apologizes to CJ - Lord John Marbury

21) Leo finds out about Jed's MS - He Shall from Time to Time

22) Josh meets Joey Lucas - Take This Sabbath Day

23) Jed decides not to stay the execution - Take This Sabbath Day

24) Father Cavanaugh tells the story of the man in a flood -Take This Sabbath Day

25) C.J. is vindicated when the polling numbers come in - Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

26) Jed tells Abby to just stand in her wrongness and be wrong - The White House Pro Am

27) Toby learns his brother is alive - What Kind of Day Has it Been

28) "Who's Been Hit?" Fade to black - What Kind of Day Has It Been

Bastet · November 20, 2017

What happened to Toby's apology to C.J. in Lord John Marbury, and what scene does this refer to:

12 minutes ago, deaja said:

20) Toby warns CJ about Lord John Marbury - Lord John Marbury

My votes:

Father Cavanaugh's story

The panic button scene

Bartlet embarrasses Hoynes

November 21, 2017

Sorry, I mixed up two because there was overlap. We lost internet connection three times while I was cimpliling the list from the suggestions and google. :) I’ll edit.

November 21, 2017

The Jackal

Father Cavanaugh

Jed on painkillers

rab01 · November 21, 2017

Wow, tough list. Thanks for putting it together.

Leo tells Jed he'll lead an army against him

Josh meets Joey Lucas.

Jed decides not to stay the execution

Question about Jed embarrassing Hoynes - is it just the first scene? or is it also the follow-up between them in the oval office? If it's just the cabinet scene, I'd like to vote for it rather than Jed not staying the execution

ProudMary · November 21, 2017

Bartlet embarrasses Hoynes

Jed decides not to stay the execution

CJ does The Jackal

November 21, 2017

Bartlet embarrasses Hoynes is eliminated, as well as Father Cavanaugh's story and CJ does the Jackal.

Keep voting against 3!